The ice fairy Cirno flew over the Misty Lake. She was flying towards the island situated there with a determined look on her face. She quickly reached the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. She ducked down in the bushes watching a red haired girl dressed in green. She was standing by the gate looking rather vigilant. The ice fairy put her hand to her chin pondering what to do to get past her.
"What are you doing sneaking around?" Someone inquired behind her startling her.
She turned around to see Luna Child, one of the three mischievous fairies.
"Oh, hey Luna, can you help me out for a sec?" Cirno asked smiling.
"Sure, what do you need help with?" Luna inquired.
"I need you to run that way." She began pointing.
"And wave your arms around and make a lot of noise!" Cirno declared holding her arms out wide.
"Huh?" The other fairy wondered before looking past Cirno.
"Oh, you want me to be a distraction." She realized when she saw who Cirno had been watching.
"Don't let me down now, alright." Cirno replied giving a thumbs up as if she had already agreed to it.
"Cirno, I never said…"She began saying.
"Don't just stand there, get to it!" Cirno exclaimed pushing her out of the bushes.
Now Meiling was staring right at her. This made the fairy a little nervous. She began leaping up and down flapping her arms in the air. She was sweating nervously as the gate guard continued to watch her.
"Uh, I wonder if there is a hole in the gate this a way?" Luna remarked unconvincingly.
Then Luna noticed Cirno smiling and waving at her from the other side of the gate. She smiled back and winked making the gate guard scratch her head. Luna child flew off chuckling to herself. Cirno continued on towards the mansion flying through the Scarlet Devil's garden. She dropped down to the ground suddenly to hide from a fairy who was tending to the various flowers. She crawled carefully past her before lifting back up and continuing to the mansion itself.
She floated up a bit higher before knocking on the door. Immediately after that she dropped down to the ground and edged to the side of the door. Soon the door opened, The maid Sakuya looking around for whoever had knocked. Cirno had however carefully edged by her and flown down the hall. After a little while she slowed her pace carefully advancing down the dark hallway. Soon she spotted two fairy maids coming from the other direction chatting amongst themselves.
She flew up close to the ceiling and waited as they passed before she continued onward. She soon found the stairs to the basement and floated down into the lower reaches of the mansion. Cirno flew down the short hallway and threw open the doors to the library. Fortunately there was nobody near them, so she made it inside unseen. She skimmed over the many books squinting her eyes as she flew by them. Soon she stopped and pulled a book off the shelf.
She opened it to a random page and skimmed across it before throwing it behind her unceremoniously. She did the same thing with several other books when one particular book's cover caught her attention. She eagerly pulled it off of the shelf and floated down to the ground. She lay on her stomach on the ground with the book open on the floor before her. She supported her head with her hands and lifted her feet in the air moving them back and forth as she read. Though she mostly skimmed over the text and looked at the illustrations. Suddenly an ominous shadow loomed over her.
She looked up to see Patchouli staring down at her, not looking too pleased.
"oh, hi there Patches." Cirno said smiling.
"What may I ask are you doing here?" Patchouli inquired, her arms crossed.
"If I told you that it would be the same as treating you as an equal." Cirno replied wagging her finger.
"Well if that's the case." Patchouli said in an ominous tone.
She lifted Cirno up by the back of her collar. The ice fairy squirmed about waving her arms and legs about wildly.
"Sakuya, we have an unwanted guest." Patchouli called out.
She tossed Cirno forward, the ice fairy landing on the ground with a soft grunt. Sakuya seemingly appeared out of nowhere. She looked down at Cirno as she leapt to her feet.
"Cirno? I was expecting a witch." Sakuya commented.
"This one is being a nuisance, please escort her off the premises." Patchouli told the maid.
The Maid nodded picking the fairy up, hoisting her under her arm. Then she began to walk towards the library's entrance.
"You should treat me with a bit more respect you know!" Cirno told her.
"Oh, and why is that?" The maid inquired glancing at her for a second.
"Don't tell me you forgot already. I was your leader that one time. And I led you to victory against what's her face." Cirno replied.
"That's funny, I recall it was Marisa who led us." Sakuya told her grinning.
"Well you're obviously remembering it wrong then." Cirno commented in response.
Before long they had reached the front door. Sakuya pushed it open and walked to the gate. Then the maid threw the fairy over the gate, Cirno crashing into a bush.
"And stay out!" Sakuya called out to her as she turned back towards the scarlet devil mansion.
Cirno rose up out of the bush sticking her tongue out at Sakuya as she returned inside the mansion. She then smiled as she began to fly away from the island. Before she had gotten far Luna Child was flying beside her smiling at her. After a little while she frowned however.
"Did they stop you from getting whatever you were after?" She inquired.
"Huh, oh that, no way. I have the instructions memorized." Cirno replied smiling.
"Instructions?" Luna wondered scratching her head.
"I'll explain when we get to the Forest of Magic." Cirno answered winking.
Luna stopped flying and began to wonder what Cirno was up to. After a bit she shrugged and continued to follow her curious as to what she would do. The pair soon arrived at the forest, Cirno not stopping until she came to a small clearing. The ice fairy looked about, putting her hand on her chin as she did. Then she grinned with her eyes closed waving her hand in front of her.
"Um, are you going to let me in on whatever it is your doing?" Luna child inquired with narrowed eyes.
"Just a moment." Cirno replied.
She cleared a spot of leaves and twigs and began to make a circle of small pieces of ice. When she was finished with that she pointed firing a thin beam. She drew several lines and runes inside the circle in ice. When she was finished, she smiled down at her work. Then she turned to Luna child still grinning.
"Uh, what is it?" Luna wondered aloud scratching her head.
"A magic circle." Cirno replied as though it was obvious.
"I knew that, I mean what is it for?" Luna continued.
"It seems everybody has assistants these days. The shrine maiden, Patchouli, so I'm gonna summon one too. Not that I need one mind you, But they won't ever doubt my power after this." Cirno said grinning.
"Are you sure you made it properly?" Luna child said looking it over.
"Well it did say to use magic stones, but magic ice is more then good enough." Cirno replied.
She looked back at the circle as though she was expecting something to happen.
"Uh, aren't you forgetting something." Luna commented.
"Not now, I'm gonna miss the summon." Cirno told her shooing her away.
"What about the incantation?" Luna sighed shaking her head.
"huh, you mean that gibberish actually does something!" Cirno gasped.
"What did you think it was for then?" Luna child sighed.
"I just figured they were trying to make a show of it, you know, just passing some time until the summon happened." Cirno replied.
Luna child sighed shaking her head.
"Well I'm not gonna give up so easily." The ice fairy declared with a grin.
She put her hand to her chin and closed her eyes for a moment. Then quite confidently, she began to spout actual gibberish in an attempt to remember what had been written. She paused scratching her head before trying again. Luna child stopped her by holding her hand out.
"There are two ways to summon something with a magic circle, the first is to recite an incantation." Luna child began.
"Well that doesn't seem to be working." Cirno remarked.
"The other way is to imbue it with your magic." Luna continued.
"Huh?" Cirno wondered scratching her head.
"Basically what I'm saying is that you need to pour your magic into it." Luna child explained to her.
"Oh, I see what your saying." Cirno replied grinning.
She kneeled down just outside the edge of the circle and place both her hands on it. She concentrated, and a blue energy poured out of her hands and lit up the magic circle of ice. She stood and stepped back as the energy began to spread. Then the energy shot into the sky as a massive blue pillar of light. Cirno was really excited now smiling and clenching her fists. Luna child looked on a little surprised at what the ice fairy had accomplished.
"So what exactly are you summoning again?" Luna child inquired not taking her eyes off the pillar of light.
"I don't know, I can't wait to find out!" She replied excitedly.
When the light subsided all that remained was a tall blue box. It looked to be made of wood, was a bit worn and had a light on the top.
"A box?" Cirno sighed as she floated closer to it.
"Police public call box?" Luna read not sure what to make of it.
"Maybe they're inside." Cirno remarked.
A bit earlier inside the blue box, as it tumbled through the time vortex, the doctor stood at the controls pondering where to go next. But he didn't have long to think on that as soon the Whole TARDIS shuddered nearly knocking him off his feet. He grabbed a nearby railing just as the TARDIS shook again. He pushed himself away from the railing and towards the controls. He flicked some switches and pushed some buttons, but his craft continued to rattle.
"what's gotten into you?" He murmured as he reached for another button.
He clung to the control console as the ship rattled again. Afterwards the shaking ceased altogether. He eased away from the controls and walked to the door. He opened it and stuck his head out. Outside the TARDIS Were two girls. One looked like a young girl with short blue hair. She wore a blue and white jumper with a light pick blouse underneath. She wore a green ribbon in her hair. The other was slightly taller with curly blonde hair. She wore a white dress with black ribbons on it and a white mob cap.
"Hello, I'm the doctor, I didn't land on anyone, did I?" He inquired looking around.
The two girls looked at each other a tad confused. Then Cirno looked at him real close squinting a bit as he stepped out of The TARDIS, shutting the door behind him.
"Are you a devil?" She inquired.
"No." He began slowly.
"But you have wings, and rather nice ones at that." He continued Grinning.
The doctor then began to walk away, but Cirno Flew in front of him with her arms stretched wide.
"I summoned you, that means you have to do whatever I tell you to." Cirno told him.
"I see, so you're the one who nicked the TARDIS from the time vortex." He replied.
"And I'm not exactly a genie that you've freed from a lamp." The doctor continued.
"I never said you were, I intended to summon something to be my underling." Cirno retorted.
"just plucking someone from wherever to be your servant, I don't think I agree with that." He remarked thoughtfully.
"Well I don't really have a use for one, just did it to show I could." Cirno informed him.
"Congratulations on that then." He told her smiling.
He waved and began to walk away. Cirno scrunched up her face and flew after him.
"Hey, I wasn't through with you yet, you haven't even given a proper introduction." She remarked as she flew besides him.
"I did give a proper introduction, though something tells me your interested in more then just my name. besides, you didn't give an introduction at all." He answered.
"I'm your master, I don't need to." She replied.
"Even a servant needs to know who they serve." He informed her.
"If you must know, I'm the most powerful in this land, and my name is Cirno." She told him.
"Do you happen to know where this is?" He inquired.
"That's simple. The Forest of Magic. You know, humans are known to get lost here. You won't make it out of here without my help." Cirno told him.
"Well then it's a good thing I'm not human." He remarked.
"I knew it, so you are a youkai." Cirno declared with a smile.
"Time lord." He told her plainly.
Cirno thought about this for a little while then grinned.
"Oh, like Sakuya." Cirno reasoned.
"What?" the doctor gasped stopping and turning towards her.
"She's just some maid, but she likes messing around with time and space." Cirno replied.
"You wouldn't happen to know where she is, would you?" he asked her.
"Yeah, I was there not long ago, she threw me out for some reason." Cirno remarked.
"Could you take me to this Sakuya then?" the doctor inquired.
"Yeah, of course I could." Cirno began.
"Then lead the way." The time lord said with a smile.
Cirno frowned at him before continuing.
"I don't feel like it." Cirno replied uninterested.
"You'll try anything to get me as your servant, wouldn't you?" The doctor replied as he directed his attention elsewhere.
"Hey, are you ignoring me!" Cirno demanded.
"That's not good." the doctor murmured.
He began to quicken his pace pushing his way past the foliage. Soon he emerged from the forest, Cirno close behind.
"What's your problem?" Cirno inquired looking around.
"See, nothing wrong here." The ice fairy Remarked smugly with her arms crossed.
The doctor pulled her back suddenly startling her. Soon after a blazing chunk of rock flew by a little too close for comfort, right where she had been. It plowed into the forest kicking up dirt and setting some trees ablaze. The ice fairy looked first to the rock that had nearly hit her and then towards the sky. Several were raining down from the sky above all over Gensokyo.
Meanwhile in the sky above the Human Village, Marisa flew on her broom. She had been one of the first to spot them and immediately took to the skies to meet them head on. There were several pieces of fiery space debris headed right for her. She held on to her hat grinning as she pulled out her mini-hakkero with her other. She thrust the miniature magical reactor forward unleashing a massive burst of magic that vaporized several of the meteors. As soon as her magic dissipated however she saw that another had gotten rather close under the cover of her own attack. She began to swerve away, but it was already too close to evade.
Suddenly several glowing spheres of light collided with it causing it to burst into several tiny fragments. Marisa looked down and to her right to see Reimu flying up to meet her. They grinned at each other before turning back to the quickly approaching space debris. They readied themselves to attack anew.
At the Scarlet Devil Mansion Meiling flies about shattering the projectiles from space with powerful punches and kicks. Although the meteors she strike are destroyed, their immense heat leave her with burns. Sakuya rushes over to her.
"You're pushing yourself a little too hard, you can't handle this for long." The maid tells her with concern in her voice.
"I messed up before and let someone through, I won't let that happen again! I can't let the mansion be destroyed!" The gate guard exclaimed.
Sakuya grinned happy to see her taking her job seriously. She vanished for a moment and when she returned Patchouli was with her. Patchouli took one look at the approaching meteors before rising into the air to join Meiling. She extended her hand forward and unleashed a gush of water extinguishing the meteors before them. Meiling grinned as she sped foreword, striking each of them in turn. She had only grazed one of them however, and by the time she realized it, it was too late.
The debris from space had hurtled towards the mansion impacting with the clock tower sending debris flying. Meiling's eyes went wide and she covered her open mouth with her hand.
"Don't lose focus now!" Sakuya shouted at her.
Meiling turned back ready to intercept more of the blazing debris.
At the top of Youkai Mountain, at the Moriya Shrine, Sanae rushes outside. She looks at the crater not too far from her shrine and then looks to the sky.
"Lady Yasaka, lady Moriya!" Sanae called out.
The two goddesses appeared at her side in an instant, and followed her gaze towards the sky. Kanako flew up towards them, summoning faith pillars around herself. She launched them at the meteors shattering them one after another. Sanae cheered as the space debris shattered, raining down embers and small fragments. She was not the only one. Some of the local youkai had gathered here seeking shelter from the meteor shower.
"Great going Kanako, we're sure to get lots of faith now!" Suwako commented smiling.
"We? I'm the only one doing anything." Kanako remarked smugly.
"oh yeah, I'll show you!" Suwako replied taking to the sky as well.
She pulled out several steel rings and hurled them at the meteors slicing and dicing them.
"That's nice, but I've gotten rid of far more then you." Kanako remarked.
They began to go out of their way to destroy as many as possible in an attempt to out do each other.
Deep within the Bamboo Forest of the Lost, near the mansion of Eientei, Tewi was playing happily with some rabbits. She heard something approaching from above and looked up to see what it was. A meteor was heading straight for her. She flinched at the sight, holding one of the tiny rabbits close to her. A red projectile zoomed past her, exploding upon impact with the space debris. Tewi looked up to see Reisen with her finger pointed foreword, shooting another projectile.
The lunar rabbit grinned as each meteor was blasted to dust. Not far behind them, Kaguya looked up at the spectacle with gleaming eyes as though watching a fireworks display. Eirin was near as well, concerned for the moon princess.
"That's strange." The Lunarian murmured also watching the meteors.
"What's on your mind?" Kaguya inquired.
"I was just wondering how they got past the barrier, this never happened back on the moon." She replied thoughtfully.
Kaguya thought about it for a bit.
"Maybe it's wearing down." She answered.
"That may be it, but I suspect something else." She replied.
"So, you intend to investigate this then?" Kaguya remarked with a smile.
"I'm far too busy for that, I'll send Reisen once the meteor shower concludes." She replied watching Reisen continue to intercept them.
Murasa was sitting on the roof of the Myouren temple, resting her head on her hands, leaning back and watching the sky.
"what are you doing loafing around up here?" Nazrin inquired poking her head up over the edge of the roof.
"I'm not loafing, I'm just taking a small break." The ship ghost replied simply.
Suddenly Murasa leapt up and scanned the sky closely. Nazrin glanced at it as well then glanced back at her.
"what's the matter?" The mouse youkai inquired.
"probably nothing, something about the sky didn't look right for a second." Murasa explained.
"Didn't look right?" Nazrin repeated somewhat confused.
She looked back up and gasped. Several blazing objects filled the sky, several of them heading their way.
Murasa had already leapt up towards them her anchor in hand with a determined look on her face. She swung the anchor about herself fracturing and shattering the incoming debris from space.
"Go, tell the others!" She shouted back to Nazrin.
The ship ghost didn't look back to see if she was doing as she asked. She charged for the next one ready to swing her anchor. She was a tad too slow however and the meteor hit her head on, throwing her back with great force. She collided with the ground creating a small crater. She groaned softly as she slowly got up. She took to the sky again ignoring the pain, not wanting to let any of the meteors through.
She smiled when she saw Shou floating above the temple. She sent out several lasers that she used to slice up the meteors before blasting them away with bubble bullets. Then Murasa noticed a small fire blazing in a crater not too far away. As she moved closer she heard a grating voice emanating from it. Suddenly a strange metallic looking thing rose from the crater.
"Hey, who are you!" Murasa called out.
The top part swiveled around, revealing an eye stalk. The middle section did the same revealing two limbs jutting from the front. One of them bore a suction cup at the end and the other looked to be some kind of weapon barrel.
"I do not answer the questions of humans!" It replied, the two lights on top of it flashing in time with it's voice.
"then maybe it's a good thing I'm not, now answer my question." Murasa demanded.
"Allow me to rephrase that, I do not reply to lesser beings." It told her.
"I don't know what you are, and I really don't care, but you can't be that big a deal." Murasa remarked noting scorch marks, dents and dings on the thing before her.
"How dare you, you shall pay for you're insolence." It declared.
"I'd like to see you try." Murasa said grinning, readying her anchor.
"Exterminate!" It exclaimed pointing the barrel at her.
A beam lanced out at her and just barely managed to get her as she began to move away. She cried out in agony and collapsed to the ground. The metallic creature stared down at her for a bit before floating away.
After a while the meteor shower ended. There were blazing craters here and there. The doctor and Cirno had gone inside a nearby cave to take shelter from the shower of space debris.
"I think it's stopped." The doctor told her as he walked towards the entrance.
Cirno was sitting on a moss covered stone.
"I don't know why you dragged me down here, I could have dodged that stuff." Cirno remarked.
When she got no response she looked up to see that the doctor had left the cave. She sprang up and flew after him. She soon spotted him across the shallow water near a crater, pointing a strange metal devise at it. At the end was a blue light, and it made a faint whirring sound.
"Well that's interesting." He murmured before pointing it at the sky.
"what is." Cirno wondered aloud.
"how did this get through, when there is a barrier up?" The doctor asked.
Cirno thought about this for a little while before shrugging.
He pointed his device toward the sky and it began to make the noise once more.
"oh, so that's it." he commented.
"What's going on." Cirno wondered.
"I'll explain latter, but right now we need to get to the epicenter of that temporal tear." He told her.
"the what?" Cirno replied scratching her head.
"I'm sorry but I don't have time to explain." He told her.
"Then lets not wait around!" Cirno commented as she took to the sky.
The doctor grinned as they set off towards the human village.